Adoptees looking for birth parents for free

Auréline Malnoury (second from left), at a meeting organised by Tuổi Trẻ newspaper, with other adoptees who are looking for their biological parents. — VNS Photo Bồ Xuân Hiệp Viet Nam News Bồ Xuân Hiệp For many years, Auréline Malnoury has never stopped thinking about his Vietnamese roots and his biological parents. Malnoury (whose Vietnamese name is Phan Văn Giang) was only 10 months old when he was adopted by a French family at the Gò Vấp Child Welfare and Protection Centre in HCM City’s Gò Vấp District. Three years ago, he finally had a chance to visit what he calls his “homeland” while on vacation with his adoptive French mother. On his first trip to the country, he was particularly impressed with the scenery and people. But more importantly, the visit intensified his passion to find his birth parents. During the trip, his adoptive mother told him … [Read more...] about French adoptee yearns to trace Vietnamese roots

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE For three decades, authorities in Fort Wayne, Indiana, had the DNA of the man who murdered 8-year-old April Tinsley in April 1988, but could not find him. Police pleaded for leads, and chased them. They brought in FBI profilers, enlisted state and federal agents and went on “America’s Most Wanted.” The detectives initially assigned to the case retired and were replaced by younger ones, who also retired without an arrest. The pain and frustration grew over the years, as the killer left taunting notes — and more DNA evidence. Willing to try just about anything, police in 2015 sent the genetic material to a small DNA technology company in Virginia that produced a computer-generated sketch of what the killer might look like today. Still nothing. Then, this spring, that company, Parabon NanoLabs, called back, offering to perform a new type of DNA … [Read more...] about ‘This is just the beginning’: Using DNA and genealogy to crack years-old cold cases